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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit (Paperback)

by Geetesh Bajaj (Author), Echo Swinford (Author)
Key Phrases: slide layout, theme color, live preview, Slide Master, Custom Animation, Add Effect (more...)
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit

This book is not as much about reading as it is about seeing and doing! That’s why we call it a kit. Full-color pages show you exactly how your slides will look as you follow the makeover steps, and all presentations in various stages of the makeover are on the accompanying CD.

Each of the eight makeovers has been carefully chosen so it’s relevant to anyone who has ever used PowerPoint. And if you just upgraded to PowerPoint 2007, this book gives you a great introduction to the new version of the program, along with ample experience in using all the new features. There’s no better way of getting up to speed with PowerPoint 2007.

 

          •        Learn the tricks used by the creators of award-winning presentations

          •        Every makeover includes step-by-step instructions that are illustrated in full color

          •        Separate chapters dedicated to the PowerPoint 2007 interface and galleries

          •        Explore everything from choosing appropriate colors to visually representing data

          •        Perfect presentations by incorporating high-impact animation and multimedia elements

 

             ON THE CD

          •        All sample presentations, plus all the files you need to do the makeovers

          •        Royalty free pictures

          •        Music tracks

          •        Templates and Themes

 

 



About the Author

Geetesh Bajaj has been a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP since 2001. He heads a presentation design studio based in India, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Geetesh has authored two books published by Wiley: Cutting Edge PowerPoint For Dummies and Cutting Edge PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies.He also co-authored a book published by Que: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.

Although Geetesh loves to write articles, design PowerPoint templates, and update his dozen-odd websites, his most enjoyable task is to take ugly presentations and make them look wow.That’s how the idea of this book originated.

You can sign up for his newsletter at www.indezine.com.

 

From 1997 through August 2005, Echo Swinford worked for a medical education communications company, where she was responsible for the development of enduring materials and standalone modules for continuing medical education programs. She recently completed her master’s degree in New Media at the Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis School of Informatics and works as a self-employed presentation specialist.

Echo’s first book, Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances,was published by O’Reilly Media in February 2006, and she has a string of technical editing credits with other publishers. Echo has been a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP since early 2000.You can find PowerPoint tips and tricks on her website, www.echosvoice.com.



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Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Que (November 16, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789736810
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789736819
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #192,076 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Glitzier slides, but not clearer, April 24, 2009
This book explores all the rich colors and templates available in PowerPoint and shows how to add glitz to dull, drab slides. However, the glitz doesn't add clarity and the After slides are just as confusing as the Before slides, just with bevelled edges and drop shadows, decorative backgrounds and harmonious fonts.

The authors do have a good grasp of the many new tools in PowerPoint 2007 and I was able to find a few nuggets, like converting a bulleted list into separate slides, and creating custom color palettes.

If you just want to put lipstick on crummy slides, then the Makeover Kit can help you with that. But it won't make your message comprehensible for your audience. For clearer PowerPoint communications, I'd recommend "Clear and to the Point".
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential if You Make, Critique, or Fix PowerPoint Presentations, January 19, 2008
By Ken D. Thomas (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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My team builds presentations to support instructor-led courses, so we're often asked by other organizations to help with their PowerPoint decks to support their various presentations. Most presentations we're given are just plain TERRIBLE! We're brought into the projects way too late to do anything more than keep the presenters from embarrassing themselves. We do this with some quick and dirty tricks (applying backgrounds, arranging contents to basic grids, swapping out the horrible clipart they've swiped illegally from Google Images, revising terrible titles, & editing grammatical errors). I've been looking for a book to help our internal partners build better presentations from the start (i.e., beyond the quick tricks!).

The Complete Makeover Kit is EXACTLY what it says it is - a makeover kit! Some of the books I've reviewed go deep into why this or that presentation "sucks," then provide a lengthy textual description of how they saved the day. This MAY be followed by some quick after shots OR before shots (I ask you, was that SUPPOSED to be helpful???).

In a welcome contrast, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit starts with a quick walkthrough the new interface (for more detail, use Geetesh Bajaj's other books on using PowerPoint 2007), then dives deep into the makeover. The authors don't waste your time telling you how hard they worked on the transformation - they open the presentation and start working on it. The step-by-step procedures are given enough detail that a newbie can open PowerPoint and follow along. Each key step is supported with a color screen capture from the PowerPoint tool, and there are before and after color shots of the slides throughout the book.

The book is beautifully designed and executed, and well worth the $30 price tag (although on sale for $20 at this time on Amazon), "BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!" The book comes with a CD containing the before & after versions of the presentations in the book (use them for practice while you walk through the book!), a host of templates, various images, demos of helpful utilities, and two additional chapters for the book (more resources and a basic intro to SmartArt) - that's what makes this a "kit."

Even if your team is still using a previous version of PowerPoint, most of the techniques can be applied to your presentations (you just can't use the power features the authors walk through). I highly recommend buying this book for yourself, your team, and your peers (especially the ones who come to you for help!). (Oh yeah, and subscribe to Indezine - Geetesh' awesome free website and newsletter! The link appears in the "About the Author" section of the Editorial Reviews.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars One technical book worth the price., July 22, 2008
I have read, reviewed and edited many books on the topic of software and design. This is one of the most engaging and practical software books I've read on the specific subject of a specific application.

Bajaj and Swinford have used an engaging "makeover" approach to demonstrate the features of PowerPoint. This gives the reader an unusually (and welcome) practical application of the concepts--much more useful than reading a technical manual.

The ideas and lessons in the book are not limited to PowerPoint 2007! The design concepts are sound. (Just because you have a design tool doesn't mean you design well, so learn about both!)

If you use PowerPoint to communicate, influence or entertain, get this book.
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